Destination: Kenya

Thanksgiving Love

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [824]

ADP: Happy thanksgiving Weekend! (Yes, I know its Monday but you've got a little turkey casserole left in the tupperware at home, right?) As you might have noticed, the girls and I took a little hiatus from blogging and used the time off to ponder what ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Searching for Simba

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [1064]

Like most of our fellow Village Volunteers, Amanda, Holly and I jumped at the chance to sign up for an affordable 1-day safari organized by one of the in-country coordinators, and a member of the Maasai tribe, Emmanuel. Not only would we be guided through ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Leaving Pathfinder

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [780]

ADP: On the last night of our incredible volunteer experience at Pathfinder Academy in Kenya, the pre-teen girls we’d been working with for nearly a month surprised us by singing personal farewells at a candlelight dinner. We’d grown to love these little ... Read more >

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The Garden of Eatin'

Thu, 2 Nov 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [1246]

After Sister Freda gave us a tour of her rural clinic, she led us past her own small house (one of the few I’d seen with running water and a western-style toilet) to one of most enchanting parts of her property: the tropical fruit grove. Pushing past ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

The Power of Knowing

Thu, 2 Nov 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [1786] | Comments [2]

I found love at an unexpected place: Sister Freda’s Hospital outside of Kitale, Kenya. Sister Freda is a native Kenyan, mother of four and registered nurse. She constructed a clinic in this rural area to help the masses of displaced tribe members who ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Silly Mzungus

Thu, 2 Nov 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [2037] | Comments [1]

When you’re an obvious stranger in a strange land, or in our case, a bustling pastoral community in Western Kenya, it’s bound to attract some attention – particularly if you’re of the paler skinned variety as we are. Every time we venture outside the ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

A Flame Tree Dream Fulfilled

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [1627] | Comments [1]

When the girls and I first began to discuss the itinerary for our year around the world, there were certain locations that each of us just had to visit and specific goals we felt compelled to achieve. For Amanda, it was perfecting her Spanish in Peru;... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Went here on a three-month trip

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 | By alpiner84 | Views [416]

2006

Gallery: Kenya

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 | By ontheroadandoff | Photo Gallery

Kenya

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 | By ontheroadandoff | Views [1144]

SAFARI IN KENYA…copyright Geof Prigge geofprigge@yahoo.com.au www.geofprigge.com The fine dust of the Maasai Mara has settled as out of season rain falls gently upon everything in sight. We set up camp as soon as we arrive ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Camps International 2004

Wed, 1 Sep 2004 | By smelix | Photo Gallery

Safari in Amboseli en Tsavo!

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 | By kellywouter | Views [246]

De eerste safari van ons leven! En wat een indrukken... Met een leuke groep, twee busjes, op stap gegaan. We zaten in het busje met onder andere Bart en Wendy en we hebben vreselijk gelachen. Natuurlijk hebben we ook heel veel dieren gezien die we nog ... Read more >

Dagtripjes Mombasa

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 | By kellywouter | Views [258]

Vanuit het hotel hebben we diverse tripjes geboekt. We zijn naar een krokodillenfarm geweest. Hier zaten echt gigantisch veel krokodillen. Het voeren van deze beesten was natuurlijk een spektakel. Toch heeft een hele oude en reusachtige krokodil de ... Read more >

Naar Mombasa, Kenia

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 | By kellywouter | Views [266]

Na de fantastische ervaringen in Venezuela, hadden we dit jaar weer zin om een verre vakantie te gaan maken. Dit keer stond Afrika op het programma en het werd Kenia. We hadden een gewone hotelvakantie geboekt met het idee om vanuit het hotel weer ... Read more >

Dust

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [538]

We’re on our way back to Mombasa and my clothes, hair and shoes are caked with dust, my face is a nice mud pack, and I can feel grit in my teeth, but I’ve never been happier.   I saw elephants, zebras, warthogs, dik diks, bushbucks, waterbucks, hippos, ... Read more >

Tags: kenya, musings, on safari